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China Executes 9 Uighurs Over July Ethnic Riots

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


BEIJING — China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 p...

Xinjiang Riots: China Sentences 6 To Death

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 10.13.2009 | World


BEIJING — A court in China's far western Xinjiang region sentenced six men to death Monday for murder and other crimes committed during ethnic r...

Li Peiying: China Executes Former Beijing Airport Boss After Vowing To Reduce Capital Punishments

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 09.07.2009 | World


BEIJING — Leaders of China's elite state industries are renowned for their power, influence, and – in several recent cases – corrupt...

Iran Hangs 3 For Rape

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


Three men convicted of rape were hanged in Iran on Monday, iafrica reports. Two of the men were charged and convicted together of kidnapping and rapi...

China Executions To Be Reduced To "An Extremely Small Number"

Huffington Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | World


China, which executes more people per year than any other country, vowed this week to cut back on the habit, ABC News reports. According to Supreme P...

China Executes Two Uighurs For Pre-Olympics Police Killings

Guardian | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


China executed two men from a Muslim minority group today for killing 17 police officers in an attack in the country's far west that the government po...

China Defends High Death Penalty Use As Olympics Approaches

AP | Posted 04.23.2008 | Home


China limits the death penalty to a small number of serious criminals and does not have any plans to abolish it, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. T...